Cleaning your house isn’t an easy task. Whether you love to clean or you are an OCD or you are a ‘once in a blue moon’ cleaner, all of us would love to make the process of cleaning faster and effortless. After all cleaning takes time and is extremely gruelling. But like they say, ‘necessity is the mother of all inventions’, so here we have made a list that you would surely find absolutely useful. In this article, we will share with you some of the most unique yet useful cleaning hacks that you should keep in mind while you are on a cleaning spree. So, shall we get started?

Cleaning Sponge

Did you know that nuke bacteria start living in your cleaning sponge? This can be extremely unhealthy for the dishes that you wash with it. Remove all those nuke bacteria by keeping the sponge in your microwave oven for about 2 minutes.

Washing Machine

Fill the washing machine and pour 2 cups of vinegar inside it

Set the washing machine for around 1 hour

Start the machine over again to let it run for one complete cycle

Look for any grime, if any, when the machine drains

Use a sponge and some white vinegar to scrub it down

Now fill up the machine again and pour 2 cups of bleach; let it soak for 1 hour

Use Q-Tips to clean the nooks and crannies along with the knobs and lids

Restart the machine and let it run through one complete cycle again

Once done, you will be amazed to see your clean and shiny machine

Baseboards

Don’t you hate those patchy and dirty baseboards? Use fabric softener sheets to clean those baseboards like a dream!

Carpet and Mattress Stains

This secret concoction will help you in getting rid of those carpet and mattress stains in a jiffy. Take hydrogen peroxide and some dish soap; mix it well to create a solution. Use this solution to remove those hideous stains in no time!

Water Spots on Taps

No matter how much hard we try, removing water spots and fingerprints from your washroom and kitchen fittings isn’t an easy task. But there’s something that you can do to keep them from appearing. Just take a wax paper and rub it over the tap properly. This action prevents water spots and fingerprints from appearing on the fittings.

Toilet Ring

Ever wondered why that hideous toilet ring just refuses to go from your commode? Have you given up even after trying to get rid of it incessantly? If so, then here’s an amazing solution to this problem of yours. Take a piece of Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and drop it inside the commode and let it sit overnight. You will be surprised to see the ring gone the next morning!

Fragrant Rooms

Making your house smell lovely is one of the most important tasks, especially if you are expecting guests at home. Now, not all room freshener smell great. But here’s an amazing solution that will make your house smell absolutely ethereal.

Ingredients

2 caps of pure vanilla extract

1 cup of coffee

Procedure

Mix the vanilla extract and coffee in one bowl and keep it in the oven at a temperature of 300 degree F for about 1 hour. This will render the interiors of your home with an amazing smell.

Sticky Mess Solution

Sticky messes are annoying, period. And cleaning such mess is more difficult than anything else. However, there’s a simple hack that you can try to conquer such mess. Just mix equal quantities of coconut oil and baking soda to create a mixture. Use this mixture to clean any sticky mess effectively.

Bathroom Cleaning

Want to effectively clean your bathroom? You should fill your bathtub considerably with the hottest temperature of water you can. This increases the temperature way above (more than 10 degrees) normal and doubles the effectiveness of alkaline cleansers.

Cleaning Light Bulbs

Even light bulbs require cleaning, right? Dirty light bulbs can be unflattering even if the rest of your home is spic and span. Even though cleaning them might seem arduous and filled with a lot of attention, there’s something that you can do to ease this task. Use a microfiber cloth to clean your light bulbs in a manner that’s a lot hassle free. So, these were some of the very useful cleaning hacks that we all must keep in mind during our next cleaning spree. Keep this list handy and save up on your cleaning time like never before. Now we can definitely wish you, ‘Happy Cleaning’!